Nelly Corradi

Gli orizzonti del sole (1955)

A young boy runs away from boarding school and an old professor takes care of him. ...

House of Ricordi (1954)

The film covers a hundred years in the lives of the Ricordi family, the Milan publishing house of the title, and the various composers and other historic personalities, whose careers intersected with the growth of the Ricordi house. It beautifully draws th ...

Puccini (1953)

The biographical story of Puccini spans his creative life from early student days to the height of success, including his early flop Madama Butterfly and his incomplete Turandot. Along the way he encounters three women who change his life, including an att ...

Il conte di Sant'Elmo (1951)

La forza del destino (1950)

Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's father. ...

Faust and the Devil (1949)

Goethe's drama and Gounod's opera "Faust" is treated here like a movie rather than the usual photographed-opera from a stage method. Faust is a man who sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for eternal youth, and the latter, with guileful glee, lead ...

The Lost One (1947)

A courtesan sacrifices her relationship with a youthful admirer after the man's father pleads with her. Adapted from Giuseppe Verdi's 1853 opera in the three acts "La Traviata". ...

The Barber of Seville (1947)

A crafty barber acts as a go-between for a count in disguise and rescues Rosina from marriage with her guardian. An operatic comedy. ...

This Wine of Love (1947)

Nemorino is hopelessly in love with Adina but she is attracted to a dashing captain. ...

Lucia di Lammermoor (1946)

A film adaptation of Gaetano Donizetti's famous opera from 1835. Lucia is forced by her brother to marry for political reasons. Her fiancé reacts very badly and curses her. Lucia goes mad and her fiancé kills himself. ...

The Fire Dance (1943)

A decadent noblewoman, whose stranded husband has dilapidated their whole fortune on gambling, tries to keep her daughter in school while hiding their state of poverty from her, by leading a double life as an exotic dancer. ...

Headlights in the Fog (1942)

Terra di nessuno (1939)

Le scarpe al sole (1935)

A veteran of the African War, along with two young men, one of whom is newly married, are called to arms to defend their homeland's borders. They will be protagonists of dramatic events involving assaults, retreats, and life in the trenches. The old vetera ...

Everybody's Woman (1934)

Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act. ...